Bringing Down the Colonel
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Author | Patricia Miller |
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Language | English |
Genre | Biography |
Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Publication date | 2018 |
Publication place | United States |
Pages | 368 |
ISBN | 978-0-3742-5266-3 |
Bringing Down the Colonel: A Sex Scandal of the Gilded Age, and the "Powerless" Woman Who Took On Washington is a 2018 book by Patricia Miller, a journalist for Religion Dispatches.[1] The book describes the late-19th-century political sex scandal between Kentucky politician William Breckinridge and Madeline Pollard, a student. It details the affair and subsequent legal battle over Breckinridge's breach of contract, and discusses the resulting change in public opinion towards women and sex.[2][3][4]
References
- ^ "Bringing Down the Colonel: A Sex Scandal of the Gilded Age, and the "Powerless" Woman Who Took On Washington". Kirkus Reviews. August 21, 2018. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
- ^ Collins, Gail (December 19, 2018). "A Predatory Congressman, His Jilted Lover and a Gilded Age Lawsuit That Foreshadowed #MeToo". The New York Times Book Review. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
- ^ "Bringing Down the Colonel: A Sex Scandal of the Gilded Age, and the "Powerless" Woman Who Took on Washington". Publishers Weekly. November 6, 2018. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
- ^ Kirkpatrick, Melanie (November 18, 2018). "'Bringing Down the Colonel' Review: The Mistress Wanted Marriage". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
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